Driving-axle for automobile vehicles.



No. 8I2 118. PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906. J. E. G. DBNIS & L. M. J. DB BOISSB.DRIVING AXLE FOR AUTOMOBILE VEHICLES.

APYLIGATION FILED JUNE 14. 1994.

tlw axle 1'11 their m vement 0fI'0tutit)1t,Wltil9 at the nan'iv timr:louving Blight play which rdshaft coupled to said end .shatts, a1(inferentia gear upon stud central shall, a penrdwnsc to 51nd(llfibflllilttlgtnl httitl ('l'llt in slnd't, l)(li] ,f

into said gear-oust, said a-iot'ltrt lltllltl tlltit'l ndjustnhlv insaid gtttF-l'thfl and it propvllvrshalt jfHlliltlltPll in siiidr'llillit'l, mid proprlltrshalt having nit-ans for engaging Hill til'l\ing;

i the diil'orontitil gear the ttXlC l) E E possesses a certainflexibility 1 which enables it to be slightly distortod whvn it receivesit shock during; travel power of deformation, although slight insure amarked increase in efiiciency.

The invention not strictly limited to tindotails illustrated, and it canhe: carried out Vtll h certain modifications of a ronstructiomtl naturewhich do not materially rhangttingrneral arrangement.

Having thus described our invention, what we rrlunn as such, anddesirttosetzurv h lit-h tt-rs Patent, is t L In it live axle foruutomohilr k'tlllt'lt'a the mn'ibination with a t'cntral shaft having aditherential gear arranged thereon and toothed dizlm attheL-xtromitiesof said shafts.

of and shafts having internallytoothvd' hing with said toothed disks,snid end shalt nh-o having toothod disks at their i k nnnws to thisspvuiiwition in tho III'tM'lH id outta! txirt-initics. and ofinternnlly-toothotl drums su ured to the I'Ufi.(l"'h{,il$, saidrofldwin-ml drums engaging the tootlwd disks upon ()utnr extremities ofthe and shifts.

2 A Five axle for autotnnliilo ii. A live tlXlG for nuloinulidv vvlnrlvst-oinprising n ln'idgv, tuhnlnr vnds to said hridgv, a c'vntrul shaft,0nd shafts journnlod in sttid tuhular ends and conplvd to said NP li'zllshaft, road whorls rvvoluhly niuuntt-d upon said tubular ends, tootllttl vomit-rtions lJt'lWt'tll said I'Otltl-Wlllthi and said (didshafts, 1L dill vrunt'ial gvar upon said ('(filtt'ttl shaft,

gram-21st: to said ditlort-ntial gnu, said gt-ur journals Stt'ttltll tothe liridgtand hnlning it" said control slnd't. a l)(?\"(l-\t'll(*timounted upon said ditl'rruntizd gout, :i snukt-t scrvw-thrmtdvd intosaid grunt-asp o as [ii Inadjustnhlr therein, a pt'nptlh!" slant! join--nah-d in and passing through said st-rvm-d rasc being jsot-ket, and ahevol--pinion upon lllt' iltllt'l vohirlrm f'UlZJIlTiSiY); a bridge acentral shaft, and shafts gournaled in said bridgr, said ocntrni 0nd ofthe propuller-shnt't, said pinion tlflil g ing said hovel-wheel andbring itdiusl atldv tor worn.

in testimony whorl-tit" we lltiYU sigriril our llANsux t7. toxn.

